Grant: Modernizing Sheriff Role Requires Education and Quick Judgment
Grant, a former Iowa highway patrol officer and security worker, won the Democratic sheriff race defeating Jim Smith who had served 32 years. He argues the sheriff’s job is administrative and should require formal qualifications or be appointed with a safety commissioner in elective office. He notes the shift from old frontier policing to educated, on the spot decision making to handle greater risks for deputies and the sheriff.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Pinkerton Security Service
Grant
Jim Smith
Grant reflects on crime, civil service shifts and policing
Former sheriff Grant discusses civil service for deputies, deputies’ liability, law enforcement hostility, and crime trends. He cites increases in narcotics activity, burglaries, rapes, and white collar crime, urges tougher penalties for stolen property and drug pushers, supports wire taps with court orders, and endorses capital punishment in certain murder cases.
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Grant
Department
Civil Service For
Deputies
Mexico
Megown Named Advertising Person of the Year
John W. Megown, vice-president and board member of Vigortone Products Co. in Cedar Rapids, was named advertising person of the year by the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids. The honor cited his Vigortone contributions and efforts to upgrade the profession, plus long civic involvement. The award was presented at the federation’s ninth annual awards show and banquet in Iowa City. Best of show went to Creswell Munsell Schubert and Zirbel, Cedar Rapids ad agency, and a Quad-City firm, Anderson Teague Stafford and Howe. CMSZ took the top print honor for Bear Power ads.
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John W. Megown
Vigortone Products Co
Cedar Rapids
Advertising Federation of
Megown
Vigortone
Federation
Iowa City
Creswell, Munsell, Schubert and Zirbel
Anderson, Teague, Stafford and Howe
Cms&z
Youth Workathon to Aid Seniors and Camp Scholarships
Over 100 high school students from Youth for Christ will conduct a spring workathon Saturday, washing windows and performing yard work at 70 senior homes with no cost to the elderly. Sponsors are sought to fund YFC summer camp scholarships and local programs. Similar events are planned in Vinton Edgewood and Colesbury. For details call 363-9667.
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Youth For Christ
Linn County Council On Aging
YFC
Vinton
Edgewood
Colesbury
Advertising Glory as Bank Ads Sweep Awards
CSM and Z topped the honors with 23 awards in a bank advertising series. Three Arts Advertising of Cedar Rapids collected 13 awards and Hansen and Langmack of Cedar Rapids earned ten. Winners advance to regional competition.
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Csm&z
Three Arts Advertising of
Cedar Rapids
Hansen and Langmack
Ramolino's daughter rises to European royalty
A girl from a middle class Ramolino family becomes mother to a line of rulers and consorts spanning Naples Tuscany Spain Holland Westphalia and the French Emperor Napoleon.
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Ramolino
Duchess of
Guastalla
Tuscany
Canino
Naples
Spain
Holland
Westphalia
Napoleon
France
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second class postage paid in Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates: carrier $1.05 weekly. Afternoon Edition and Sat Sun 7 issues $4.29 4 weeks $46 52 weeks. Other states and U.S. territories $70 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service. AP holds exclusive use for local news republication.
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The
Gazette Co
Ce-dar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Territories
Gazette
Associated Press
Beating in Linn County Jail Leads to Two Sentences
In the Linn district court two Cedar Rapids men were sentenced for the February 12 beating of Brad Schubert. Henry Parrish received up to one year in the penitentiary for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, while William Boots got 30 days in county jail on a reduced assault and battery charge. Schubert sustained severe facial injuries and has filed a $300,000 claim against the county. Additional charges remain pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Brad Schubert
Henry Parrish
William Boots
Schubert
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